Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 408
Abundance of those silken back and breasts were madeand sold, that were pretended to be pistol proof, in whichany man dressed was as safe as in a house, for it was im-possible any one could strike at him for laughing, so ridicu-lous was the figure, as they say of hogs in armour. Armor, Arms, and… … Fitz-John Winthrop. cut, and possibly in other colonies, were ordered towear jackets and breeches thickly stuffed withcotton-wool, as defensive against Indian arrows.I had heard in my ears the roars of faughter ofGovernor Andros and his troopers when he came to 692 Two Centuries of Costume Hartford…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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